Publications
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2024
69) Tsui MTK* (2024) Chemical Pollution in Agricultural Fields: How it Impacts Our Environment and What We Actually Eat?. In: Agrobiotechnology in Perspectives: History, Economy, Science and Technology on the Plate, edited by Lam HM. Chapter 13, pp. 195-202. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811276736_0013
68) Zhong H, Tang w, Li Z, Sonne C, Lam SS, Zhang X, Kwon SY, Rinklebe J, Nunes LM, Yu RQ, Gu B, Hintelmann H, Tsui MTK, Zhao J, Zhou XQ, Wu M, Liu B, Hao Y, Chen L, Zhang B, Tan W, Zhang X, Ren H, Liu YR (2024) Soil Geobacteraceae predict neurotoxic methylmercury in rice. Nature Food https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00954-7
67) Zhong H, Zhou H, Li Y, Li C, Tsui MTK, Mitchell CPJ, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Chen L, Ren H, Tang W (2024) Methylmercury photodegradation in paddy water: An overlooked process mitigating methylmercury risks. Water Research 253: 121332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121332
66) Magliozzi LJ, Matiasek SJ, Alpers CN, Korak J, McKnight D, Foster AL, Ryan JN, Roth DA, Ku P, Tsui MTK, Chow AT, Webster JP(2024) Wildland-urban interface wildfire increases metal contributions to stormwater runoff in Paradise, California. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EM00298E
65) Stinson I, Li H, Tsui MTK*, Ku P, Ulus Y, Cheng Z, Lam HM (2024) Tree foliage as a net accumulator of highly toxic methylmercury. Scientific Reports 14: 1757. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51469-x
64) Zhang L, Tsui MTK, Kwong RWM, Pan K (2024) Metal contamination, bioaccumulation, and toxicity in coastal environments under increasing anthropogenic impacts. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1349435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1349435
2023
63) Pan W, Zhang HJ, Zhang YF, Wang M, Tsui MTK, Yang L, Miao AJ (2023) Silica nanoparticle accumulation in plants: Current state and future perspectives. Nanoscale 15: 15079-15091. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR02221H
62) Zhang H, Zhou H, Pan W, Wang C, Liu YY, Yang L, Tsui MTK, Miao AJ (2023) Accumulation of nanoplastics in human cells as visualized and quantified by hyperspectral imaging with enhanced dark-field microscopy. Environment International 179: 108134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108134
61) Lei P, Yu RQ, Kong Y, Bertilsson S, Tsui MTK, Jiang T, Zhao J, Liu YR, Joerg R, Zhong H (2023) Properly interpret metabolic inhibition results to identify primary mercury methylating microbes. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2023.2183072
60) Tsui MTK*, Kwon SY, Li M, Bishop K (2023) Revisiting the relationship between mercury emission and bioaccumulation. Eco-Environment & Health 2: 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2022.12.001
59) Ullah R, Tsui MTK, Chow A, Chen H, Williams C, Ligaba-Osena A (2023) Micro(nano)plastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystem: Emphasis on impacts of polystyrene on soil biota, plants, animals, and humans. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195: 252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10769-3
2022
58) Ulus Y, Tsui MTK*, Sakar A, Nyarko P, Aitmbarek NB, Ardón M, Chow AT (2022) Declines of methylmercury along a salinity gradient in a low-lying coastal wetland ecosystem at South Carolina, USA. Chemosphere 308: 136310 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136310
57) Li H, Tsui MTK*, Ku P, Chen H, Yin Z, Dahlgren RA, Parikh SJ, Wei J, Hoang TC, Chow AT, Cheng Z, Zhu XM (2022) Impacts of forest fire ash on aquatic mercury cycling. Environmental Science & Technology 56: 11835-11844. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01591
56) Chen H, Wang, JJ, Ku P, Tsui MTK, Abney R, Berhe A, Zhang Q, Burton S, Wiley WR, Dahlgren RA, Chow AT (2022) Burn intensity drives the alteration of phenolic lignin to (poly) aromatic hydrocarbons as revealed by pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Environmental Science & Technology https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c00426
55) Yang YH, Kwon SY, Tsui MTK , Motta LC, Washburn SJ, Park J, Kim M, Shing KH (2022) Ecological traits of fish for mercury biomonitoring: Insights from compound specific nitrogen and stable mercury isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology 56: 10808-10817. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c02532
54) Waiker P, Ulus, Y, Tsui MTK, Rueppell O (2022) Mercury accumulation in honey bees trends upward with urbanization in the USA. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 7: e20083. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20083
53) Li M, Kwon SY, Poulin B, Tsui MTK, Motta L, Cho M (2022) Internal dynamics and metabolism of mercury in biota: A review of insights from mercury stable isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology 56: 9182-9195. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c08631
52) Liu J, Li Y, Duan D, Peng G, Li P, Lei P, Zhong H, Tsui MTK, Pan K (2022) Effects and mechanisms of organic matter regulating the methylmercury dynamics in mangrove sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials 432: 128690. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389422004794
2021
51) Hylton CA, Tsui MTK* (2021) Alteration of acute toxicity of inorganic and methyl mercury to Daphnia magna by dietary addition. Scientific Reports 11: 22865. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02300-4
50) Flower J, Tsui MTK, Chavez J, Khan S, Hassan A, Smith L, Jia Z (2021) Methyl Mercury triggers endothelial leukocyte adhesion and increases expression of cell adhesion molecules and chemokines. Experimental Biology and Medicine 246: 2522–2532. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649933
49) Ullah R, Tsui MTK, Chen H, Chow A, Williams C, Ligaba-Osena A (2021) Microplastics interaction with terrestrial plants and its impacts on agriculture. Journal of Environmental Quality 50: 1024-1041. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20264
48) Leung HM, Kwok FSL, Mo WY, Cheung KC, Yue YK, Wong YK, Au CK, Tsui MTK, Yung KKL (2021) Feasibility of Sijunzi Tang (Chinese medicine) to enhance protein disulfide isomerase activities for reactivating malate dehydrogenase deactivated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research 28: 25116-25123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3230-5
47) Ku P, Tsui MTK*, Liu S, Corson KB, Williams AS, Monteverde MR, Woerndle GE, Hershey AE, Rublee PA (2021) Examination of mercury contamination from a recent coal ash spill into the Dan River, North Carolina, United States. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 208: 111469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111469
2020
46) Tsui MTK*, Uzun H, Ruecker A, Majidzadeh H, Ulus Y, Zhang H, Bao S, Blum JD, Karanfil T, Chow AT (2020) Concentration and isotopic composition of mercury in a blackwater river affected by extreme flooding events. Limnology and Oceanography 65: 2158-2169. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11445
45) Balogh SJ, Tsui MTK (2020) Comment on “Rethinking the Minamata Tragedy: What Mercury Species was Really Responsible?” Environmental Science and Technology 54: 8482-8483. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01884
44) Tsui MTK*, Blum JD, Kwon SY (2020) Review of stable mercury isotopes in ecology and biogeochemistry. Science of the Total Environment 716: 135386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135386
43) Gustin MS, Bank MS, Bishop K, Bowman K, Branfireun B, Chételat J, Eckley CS, Hammerschmidt CR, Lamborg C, Lyman S, Martínez Cortizas M, Sommar J, Tsui MTK, Zhang T (2020) Mercury biogeochemical cycling: A synthesis of recent scientific advances. Science of the Total Environment 737: 139619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139619
42) Liu S, Tsui MTK*, Flower J, Lee E, Jia Z (2020) Uptake, efflux, and toxicity of inorganic and methyl mercury in the endothelial cells (EA.hy926). Scientific Reports 10: 9023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66444-5
41) Motta LC, Kritee K, Blum JD, Tsui MTK, Reinfelder JR (2020) Hg isotope fractionation during the photochemical reduction of Hg(II) coordinated with organic ligands. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 124: 2842-2853. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06308
40) Kwon SY, Blum JD, Yin R, Tsui MTK, Yang YH, Choi JW (2020) Mercury stable isotopes for monitoring the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Earth-Science Reviews 203: 103111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103111
39) Majidzadeh H, Uzun H, Chen H, Bao S, Tsui MTK, Karanfil T, Chow AT (2020) Hurricane resulted in releasing more nitrogenous than carbonaceous disinfection byproduct precursors in coastal watersheds. Science of the Total Environment 705: 135785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135785
2019
38) Tsui MTK*, Liu S, Brasso RL, Blum JD, Kwon SY, Ulus Y, Nollet YH, Balogh SJ, Eggert SL, Finlay JC (2019) Controls of methylmercury bioaccumulation in forest floor food webs. Environmental Science and Technology 53: 2434-2440. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06053
37) Chow EC, Tsui MTK* (2019) Elucidating microbial pathways of mercury methylation during litter decomposition. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 103: 617-622. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02700-3
2018
36) Ku P, Tsui MTK*, Nie X, Chen H, Hoang TC, Blum JD, Dahlgren RA, Chow AT (2018) Origin, reactivity, and bioavailability of mercury in wildfire ash. Environmental Science and Technology 52: 14149-14157. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03729 [highlighted by American Chemical Society press release]
35) Woerndle GE, Tsui MTK*, Sebestyen SD, Blum JD, Nie X, Kolka RK (2018) New insights on ecosystem mercury cycling revealed by Hg isotopic measurements in water flowing from a headwater peatland catchment. Environmental Science and Technology 52: 1854-1861. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04449
34) Tsui MTK*, Adams EM, Jackson AK, Evers DC, Blum JD, Balogh SJ (2018) Understanding sources of toxic methylmercury to songbirds with stable mercury isotopes: Challenges and future directions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 37: 166-174. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3941 [***exceptional paper award]
33) Blum PW, Hershey AE, Tsui MTK, Hammerschmidt CR, Agather AM (2018) Methylmercury and methane production potentials in North Carolina Piedmont stream sediments. Biogeochemistry 137: 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0408-8
32) Kritee K, Motta LC, Blum JD, Tsui MTK, Reinfelder JR (2018) Photo-microbial mass independent fractionation of mercury in a marine microalga. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2: 432-440. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00056
2017
31) Majidzadeh H, Uzun H, Ruecker AM, Miller D, Vernons J, Zhang H, Bao S, Tsui MTK, Karanfil T, Chow AT (2017) Extreme flooding mobilized dissolved organic matter from coastal forested wetlands. Biogeochemistry 136: 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0394-x
30) Ruecker AM, Uzun H, Karanfil T, Tsui MTK, Chow AT (2017) Disinfection byproduct precursor dynamics and water treatability during an extreme flooding event in a coastal blackwater river in southeastern United States. Chemosphere 188: 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.122
29) Leung HM, Duzgoren-Aydin NS, Au CK, Krupanidhi S, Fung KY, Cheung KC, Wong YK, Peng XL, Ye ZH, Yung KKL, Tsui MTK* (2017) Monitoring and assessment of heavy metal contamination in a constructed wetland in Shaoguan (Guangdong Province, China): Bioaccumulation of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd in aquatic and terrestrial components. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research 24: 9079-9088. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6756-4
2016
28) Creswell JE, Carter A, Chen B, DeWild J, FajonV, Rattonetti A, Saffari M, Tsui MTK, Živkovič I, Braateni HFV (2016) Assessing bias in total mercury results after removing a subsample from the bottle. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 96: 1038-1047. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2016.1221405
27) Donovan PM, Blum JD, Singer MB, Marvin-DiPasquale M, Tsui MTK (2016) Methylmercury degradation and exposure pathways in streams and wetlands impacted by historical mining. Science of Total Environment 568: 1192-1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.139
26) Donovan PM, Blum JD, Singer MB, Marvin-DiPasquale M, Tsui MTK (2016) Isotopic composition of inorganic and methylmercury downstream of historical gold mining. Environmental Science and Technology 50: 1691-1702. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04413
2015
25) Kwon SY, Blum JD, Nadelhoffer KJ, Dvonch JT, Tsui MTK (2015) Isotopic study of mercury sources and transfer between a freshwater lake and adjacent forest food web. Science of Total Environment 532: 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.012
24) Balogh SJ, Tsui MTK, Blum JD, Matsuyama A, Woerndle GE, Yano S, Tada A (2015) Tracking the fate of mercury in the fish and bottom sediments of Minamata Bay, Japan, using stable mercury isotopes. Environmental Science and Technology 49: 5399-5406. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b00631
2014 and before
23) Tsui MTK*, Blum JD, Finlay JC, Balogh SJ, Nollet YH, Palen WP, Power ME (2014) Variation in terrestrial and aquatic sources of methylmercury in stream predators as revealed by stable mercury isotopes. Environmental Science and Technology 48: 10128-10135. https://doi.org/10.1021/es500517s
22) Tsui MTK*, Blum JD, Finlay JC, Balogh SJ, Kwon SY, Nollet YH (2013) Photodegradation of methylmercury in stream ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 11-23. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0013
21) Tsui MTK*, Blum JD, Kwon SY, Finlay JC, Balogh SJ, Nollet YH (2012) Sources and transfers of methylmercury in adjacent river and forest food webs. Environmental Science and Technology 46: 10957-10964. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3019836
20) He X, Nie X, Wang Z, Cheng Z, Li K, Li G, Wong MH, Liang X, Tsui MTK (2011) Assessment of typical pollutants in waterborne by combining active biomonitoring and integrated biomarkers response. Chemosphere 84:1422-1431.
19) Liu BY, Nie XP, Liu WQ, Snoeijs P, Guan C, Tsui MTK (2011) Toxic effects of erythromycin, ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole on photosynthetic apparatus in Selenastrum capricornutum. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74: 1027-1035.
18) Tsui MTK*, Finlay JC (2011) Influence of dissolved organic carbon on methylmercury bioavailability across Minnesota stream ecosystems. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 5981-5987.
17) Tsui MTK*, Finlay JC, Balogh SJ, Nollet YH (2010) In situ methylmercury production within a stream channel in northern California. Environmental Science and Technology 44: 6998-7004. [***highlighted by American Chemical Society C&EN magazine]
16) Tsui MTK*, Finlay JC, Nater EA (2009) Mercury bioaccumulation in a stream network. Environmental Science and Technology 43: 7016-7022.
15) Tsui MTK*, Finlay JC, Nater EA (2008) Effects of stream water chemistry and tree species on release and methylation of mercury during litter decomposition. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 8692-8697.
14) Tsui MTK, Chu LM (2008) Environmental fate and non-target impact of glyphosate-based herbicides (Roundup®) in a subtropical wetland. Chemosphere 71: 439-446.
13) Chung MK, Tsui MTK, Cheung KC, Tam NFY, Wong MH (2007) Removal of aqueous phenanthrene by brown seaweed Sargassum hemiphyllum: Sorption-kinetic and equilibrium studies. Separation and Purification Technology 65: 355-362.
12) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2007) Biokinetics and tolerance development of toxic metals in Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26: 1023-1032.
11) Tsui MTK, Wang WX, Wong MH (2006) Influences of macroalga-derived dissolved organic carbon on the aquatic toxicity of copper and cadmium. Chemosphere 65: 1831-1835.
10) Tsui MTK, Cheung KC, Tam NFY, Wong MH (2006) A comparative study on metal sorption by brown seaweed. Chemosphere 65: 51-57.
9) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2006) Acute toxicity of mercury to Daphnia magna under different conditions. Environmental Science and Technology 40: 4025-4030.
8) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2005) Multigenerational acclimation of Daphnia magna to mercury: Relationships between biokinetics and toxicity. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 2927-2933.
7) Tsui MTK, Wang WX, Chu LM (2005) Influence of glyphosate and its formulation (Roundup®) on the toxicity and bioavailability of metals to Ceriodaphnia dubia. Environmental Pollution 138: 59-68.
6) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2005) Influences of maternal exposure on the tolerance and physiological performance of Daphnia magna under mercury stress. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 1228-1234.
5) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2004) Temperature influences on the accumulation and elimination of mercury in a freshwater cladoceran, Daphnia magna. Aquatic Toxicology 70: 245-256.
4) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2004) Maternal transfer efficiency and transgenerationl toxicity of methylmercury in Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23: 1504-1511.
3) Tsui MTK, Chu LM (2004) Comparative toxicity of glyphosate-based herbicides: Aqueous and sediment porewater exposures. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 46: 316-323.
2) Tsui MTK, Wang WX (2004) Uptake and elimination routes of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in Daphnia magna. Environmental Science and Technology 38: 808-816.
1) Tsui MTK, Chu LM (2003) Aquatic toxicity of glyphosate-based formulations: Comparison between different organisms and the effects of environmental factors. Chemosphere 52: 1189-1197.